''White's Lies'' is a play written by Ben Andron. The play began preview showings off-Broadway on April 12, 2010 and officially opened on May 6, 2010. Initial reviews were mixed; the ''

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'' called it a "crass, charmless vehicle" that "plays like an episode of '' How I Met Your Mother'' that would be killed in the writers’ room." while ''

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'' gave it a C rating and said it was "the other kind of bad play — the one that's so ridiculous that you can't help giggling at the gaping, craterlike holes in the story and the cliché-spouting characters running around Manhattan in incredibly fabulous, incredibly impractical, incredibly expensive shoes." The show closed on June 13, 2010 after 26 previews and 46 regular performances.

Synopsis

Some guys are scared stiff at the prospect of settling down, getting married, having kids...and Joe White is no exception. He’s a divorce lawyer, representing one of his many ex-girlfriends, and above all else, he’s a bachelor who wouldn’t have it any other way. So when his mother desperately wants him to start a family, he’ll do the next best thing: make one up. What could go wrong?

Original cast

Tuc Watkins Charles Curtis "Tuc" Watkins III (born September 2, 1966) is an American actor, known for his roles as David Vickers on ''One Life to Live'', Mr. Burns in '' The Mummy, Bob Hunter on ''Desperate Housewives'', Congressman Roger Harris on ''Black ...

as Joe White *

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as Alan * Betty Buckley as Mrs. White *

Christy Carlson Romano Christy Carlson Romano (born March 20, 1984) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Ren Stevens on ''Even Stevens'' and voicing the titular character from '' Kim Possible'', both of which aired on the Disney Channel. Earl ...

as Michelle *

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as Men * Andrea Grano as Barbara *Rena Strober as Women *Josh Davis understudy

References

{{reflist 2010 plays Off-Broadway plays Manhattan in fiction